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The interest rate on a money market account is not one number. It is a variable rate the bank may change on any day without notice, applied by balance tier, often subject to a condition, and sometimes …

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Yes, if the product is a money market deposit account at an FDIC-insured bank. The FDIC lists "money market deposit accounts (MMDAs)" by name among the products it covers, and the coverage …

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A money market account is a savings deposit at a bank or credit union that pays a variable rate — usually tiered by balance — and usually comes with cheques or a debit card attached. Federal …

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A high-yield money market account is a bank or credit union deposit that pays well above what the average money market account pays. That is the whole definition, and nobody enforces it: …

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Ally, Capital One and Barclays are three of the longest-running names in online savings in the United States, and a saver comparing them is usually doing it on a rate table. That is the least useful …

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Most savings accounts have a rate. SoFi's has a set of conditions, and the number you see advertised is the one you get only while you keep meeting them. That is not a criticism; it is the design, …

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